Ranaldo said the band is finishing up editing a tour film from 1986, and they also plan to release audio from a 1985 live performance "in the next couple months." They're compiling newfound demos from their 1987 album Sister for a potential deluxe reissue of the album. And Ranaldo said the band has a collection of film music recorded over the years, which has yet to be released.

He also mentioned their desire to issue audio or video from a late 1980s London show, at which Iggy Pop sang the Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog" with the band. And he said Sonic Youth hopes to release a live album to correspond with each period of their career:

Sometimes we'll listen back to [an album, after touring] and barely recognize the songs... because they've taken on a new character live. So we thought it would be really cool to find representative recordings from every period in our career, and make new releases that loosely correspond to different records, and let the audience see how the songs shifted or grew or expanded in a live context.

As expected, Ranaldo confirmed the band is on "longterm hold" regarding new shows and recordings. "It's such a tender thing right now that none of us are even thinking along those lines," he said. "I'm on good terms and talking with everyone, but there's definitely a lot of stuff shaking out right now." He called the circumstances of the hiatus "unfortunate" and noted that, in the event that Sonic Youth do reform, he anticipates they'd be "rejuvenated" and "looking to explore new avenues."